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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I recommend this book unreservedly. For me Indra is in the same class as Clive Barker and Poppy Z Brite.

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"I like to think of poetry as good at complicated feelings, and nonfiction as good at complicated situations." @arahko.bsky.social interviews Lisa Low about her debut full-length poetry collection, *Replica* (@uwiscpress.bsky.social ), the ethics of writing about family, and more. Link in thread.

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🍂🎃 soap dog @ prepping for autumn soap drop! @nosydogsoaps.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

[ reposts 🏝️🧙] kicking off MAGICAL SUMMER SOAP BONANZA with new all-new Witch Hat Atelier and refreshing summer cocktail soaps!! >> nosydogsoaps.com

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🍂🎃 soap dog @ prepping for autumn soap drop! @nosydogsoaps.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🖌️🖤🤍 BRUSHBUDDY - Sun-warmed fur, sandalwood, a spill of black ink. The patter of tiny feet over apple mint bushes and damp gardenia petals. #witchhatatelier #wha

A bar of handmade soap in black and white, stamped with an image of a brush buddy creature from the manga and anime witch hat atelier.

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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Because life has been SO MUCH lately, I’m late with my celebration of HOWLING II for its 40th anniversary last month. Because if anyone was going to celebrate HOWLING II, it would be me. from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/40-years-lat... Open to both free & paid subscribers - cheers! 🐺🐒🕶️

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40 Years Later: The Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf

Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 02/08/2026

it’s the demon, the demon is hungry

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 31/07/2026

The portal opens tomorrow… are you ready? We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

D&D has released an official statblock for Jimothy

Jimothy statblock from DnD: You cannot gain XP by fighting him. He has agile and compact frame traits; his action is hurl garbage.

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♾️ UNCAИИY (they/them) VundaHalloweenathon Edition 🎃 @uncanny305.bandcamp.com · 11/07/2026

By the way, with all the talk about how anti-feminist this movie is or isn't, I feel like I gotta plug @bjcolangelo.bsky.social's piece / interview about I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE and how much it means to her *as* a survivor of sexual abuse and sexual violence! #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam 🎥👻🎬

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Problematic Films: In Defense Of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE

Horror films seem to suffer expiration dates in greater numbers than most other genres. Beloved films to which we give a pass because they excel in one area

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Emma Johnson-Rivard @blackcattales.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

My poem, “Requiem Shark,” is available to read in the July issue of The Esthetic Apostle. Give it a gander! estheticapostle.org/issues/july-...

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Read July 2026 | The Esthetic Apostle

Read July 2026 of The Esthetic Apostle as an interactive magazine.

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Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

*checks watch* There have been 182 days in 2026. There are 182 days left in 2026. Now that we've officially passed the halfway mark, we have special guest @georgesreads.bsky.social giving you his Best Horror Novels of the Year So Far. www.darkertimes.com/the-best-hor...

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The Best Horror Novels of 2026 So Far

In a very strong year for horror fiction, here are ten of the best books published so far.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

pride bucks are no good any more apparently, but we also accept wrath bucks.

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This was after I spilled my water bottle all over the electrical cords. We’re all still alive! Thank you to the spirit of Mary Shelley! Thanks to the person who captured this!

Cynthia Pelayo at podium. Presentation on screen. In conference room.

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A Funny Thing Happened on the Limbhackers Forum by Katharine Tyndall @katharinetyndall.bsky.social "Hey limbhackers i need help jailbreaking my new enduro bracchio lux. Just got it a few days ago and cant access all systems. The fingers lag..." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

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Hey limbhackers i need help jailbreaking my new enduro bracchio lux. Just got it a few days ago and cant access all systems. The fingers lag and and i cant lift more than 32kg when its meant to be 150. I need this for work so any suggestions how to get it working right asap appreciated.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Limbhackers Forum
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1 June 2026
Strange Horizons

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m at a spot where every copy sold takes me closer to a new contract…and the hardcover is only $14 again! Share what you love. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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Phen, PhD in Smut @phenbird.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This was always my favorite McSweeney's article.

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Minneapolis May Day Battle Train rolling down Bloomington - the best annual tradition.

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The Common @commonmag.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

"I do my finest listening in the dark. / My best friend has always been ink / and she lets me talk so much at night." Dive into our new issue with "Nocturne for Dark Things," a new poem from Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Read more below!

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Nocturne for Dark Things

AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL <br> One of the marvels of my life— / an alphabet. A whole green and mossy / world can be made and remade / from just twenty-six dark curlicues. / Here’s more dark: sometimes…

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Lamp Lit @lamplitmag.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

from Emma Johnson-Rivard 's ( @blackcattales.bsky.social ): “Dinner for One” Read the full piece in our Winter 2026 issue at LampLit.net Submissions for our Spring 2026 are open!! #poetry #prose #lamplitmag

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Emma Johnson-Rivard @blackcattales.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

My essay, “Nihilism, Gun Violence, and The Long Walk,” is live on M E N A C E magazine’s issue 3! Check it out! www.menace-mag.com/nihilism-gun...

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Nihilism, Gun Violence, and The Long Walk — M E N A C E

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Emma Johnson-Rivard @blackcattales.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

My essay, “Nihilism, Gun Violence, and The Long Walk,” is live on M E N A C E magazine’s issue 3! Check it out! www.menace-mag.com/nihilism-gun...

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Nihilism, Gun Violence, and The Long Walk — M E N A C E

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 13/04/2026

this is one of the educational hills I will die on, and not a day passes that I'm not mad about the disservice done to young people by the coining of the term "digital native"

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 11/04/2026

The systematic destruction of feminist spaces online is what inspired us to start The Flytrap. Since last year, part of this work is archiving key Bitch Magazine articles that have disappeared from the internet. Here's some pieces we reprinted this year!

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Emma Johnson-Rivard @blackcattales.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Stolen shamelessly from Instagram but I have news! My poem “Cicada” was the 2026 Lefty Blondie Press Editor’s Choice Broadside winner. I’m incredibly excited to have my work out in broadside form!

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

NEWS. Tales From Between Presents is officially returning later this year. Mini short story collections (or a novelette), plus author notes and author interview. I have no authors lined up yet so feel free to message/reply/email your interest!

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

In case anyone is wondering: yes I am obviously in the middle of making cupcakes for the horses at @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social because of this @theonion.com op-ed.

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Bull City Press @bullcitypress.com · 28/03/2026

Both hymn and howl, Arah Ko's ANIMAL LOGIC speaks in the language of survival. Coming in May, preorder now: buff.ly/3SDX8vo

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GHOULISH BOOKS WILL KILL YOUR PARENTS @ghoulish.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Hey horror fans, do you need some extra reading material for this year's #TransRightsReadathon? We got you covered! Here are some free eBooks written & edited by trans authors & published by Ghoulish Books. Please share! buttondown.com/ghoulish/arc...

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Free Horror eBooks Written By Trans Authors (Trans Rights Readathon 2026)

I know I'm a bit late with getting this organized and posted, but in my defense, I forgot. Anyway! Better late than never, right? So, starting right now and...

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🍂🎃 soap dog @ prepping for autumn soap drop! @nosydogsoaps.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

baguette // 🥖🥖 BAGUETTE - Bread fresh out of the oven from a bakery in Lumiere: crackling crust and yeasty goodness, served with a pat of salted butter.

A photo of two bars of handmade soap with black and white stripes, inspired by the baguette outfits from the videogame expediton 33.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Essential reading from @emilyhughes.bsky.social, who breaks down not just the disappointments and hazards of the current literary landscape, but also how the way we position ourselves in relation to art shapes our character as human beings. www.patreon.com/posts/mia-cu...

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Mia Culpa: On Shy Girl and Artistic Optimism | Read Jump Scares

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Night Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🛸 new story in the morning 🛸 🛸 NS publishes 2 stories a month and pays $75 flat for 500 words max. that’s a pro rate 🛸 NS is for speculative fiction. short and strange! 🛸 subscribe via email for free www.nightshadesmag.com

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Night Shades

Night Shades is a short speculative fiction magazine.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 18/03/2026

"people are never who I decided they were they are like piles of snow brief, mutable yes, I thought I felt sorrow it was not sorrow" piece of 🔥 and wonder today from Sophia Tone www.havehashad.com/yp3dt

Crawdad Update
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I’d been trying for months to write a poem about Crawdad, a boy my father knew in high school Crawdad had no friends he came to school with mud in his hair smelling like his nickname and the blood of the deer he’d hunted in their redwood-dappled dawn it just seemed to me this guy embodied something the lost art of living wildly plain otherness these ideas got boring one day I looked up “Crawdad” + the name of my father’s town where it turns out the guy’s been contributing articles about his life to the local newspaper eg. his stint as a professional mushroom-picker which put him in contact with itinerant degenerates, fungal in nature and capitalistic to a fault in another post he considers the flaw of narrative, in presuming a story begins or ends he writes only the mud seems permanent, just kind of sitting out there I was like whoa I was like can this be the same....? it was momentarily upsetting

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I know there are multiple factors, but I do feel the death of mass market paperbacks did its share of damage to literacy. Publishing decided ebooks had replaced MMPBs, but though ebooks are easily accessed, they aren't as affordable, and they aren't showing face in supermarkets, drug stores, etc.

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A24 and Peacock are celebrating FRIDAY THE 13TH by finally revealing a first look at prequel series CRYSTAL LAKE. Check out the new images right here.

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Happy Friday The 13th! Here’s Your First Look At A24’s CRYSTAL LAKE

A24 and Peacock are celebrating FRIDAY THE 13TH by finally revealing a first look at prequel series CRYSTAL LAKE. Check out the new images right here.

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Glass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Today on Glass! "today, i’ve started to roam" by Emma Johnson-Rivard (@blackcattales.bsky.social)! www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html

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today, i’ve started to roam

our homes understood the clock and
subsequent circumstance. we filled
our walls with books and damaged animals,
an echo to our own scars. this is mine,
i explained once. this is safe.

but remember, said the poet,
that art cannot save the whole world. i
know this, too.

many surrendered. half didn’t have enough
to survive anyway. it didn’t have to be
this way but

we are still here. beyond gravestones,
today is a badge of honor.

Like all poetry about politics, this one is both entirely too specific and entirely, indulgently, too vague. In discussions with an artist friend of mine, we came to the conclusion that we're neither naive nor young enough to believe that art will save the world. It's a beautiful sentiment but it doesn't bear out. There's real work involved with that shit. Nonetheless, art has a role. Art can, and should, speak to the circumstances of our lives and the work we're attempting. I don't believe in a hopeless world. We are still here for a reason.

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Lamp Lit @lamplitmag.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Thank you to Lamp Lit 1.3 Contributors: Jessie Atkin bluesky: @jessieatkin.bsky.social Mallory Ann Caloca Jack B. Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social Ace Boggess Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social Lana Eileen Kate Efimochkina K.J. Hannah Greenberg

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Chancellor! @cdsart.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The first of the Illustrations I did for @lostincult.co.uk's upcoming book "Perfect Organism" a celebration of Alien Isolation written by @ultrabrilliant.xyz Go check it out now!

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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · 21/02/2026

Greetings, vocal artisans! Escape Pod is looking for a Trinidadian woman narrator to narrate a story we've got on the conveyor belt. If you're interested, please see our narrator guidelines here!

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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The latest issue of Screen Bodies cowers in awe of the monstrous-feminine in THE SUBSTANCE, the SAW series, and New French Extremity cannibal films. #MeganKenny #ChaseBucklew #LouisaJoy @berghahnbooks.bsky.social www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

On the left, the cover of issue 10.2 of Screen Bodies featuring an image of Sue (Margaret Qualley) from the film THE SUBSTANCE, laughing/crying at her toothless image in the mirror.

On the right, a famous image from SAW (2004) in which a woman's head is enveloped in a giant iron torture mechanism, known as the "reverse bear trap."

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